Google Forms and Add-Ons

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Rossview High School After-School in-services - 10-25-16

Google Forms (Advanced)
Once you are comfortable with using Google Forms to make simple surveys and quick quizzes, try your hand at using a feature of Google Forms to direct those answers your questions to different questions based on their answers. This is accomplished by adding Sections to your form and check marking "Go to section based on answer." This type of form requires a little more planning. It may be helpful to create a flow chart to help plan the path through the form. See sample below.

external image 2000px-LampFlowchart.svg.pngThis starts with a question that leads to 2 choices. One choice gives a result. The other leads to another question. That question leads to 2 different results.

For this form, I will need to make 5 sections.
  • Section 1 - The title of this form is "Lamp Doesn't Work". The 1st question, "Lamp plugged in?" will be in Section 1. It's answer choices are "Yes" or "No".
  • Section 2 - "No" leads to Section 2 where the result "Plug in lamp." will be displayed. This section will need to go to the "Submit Form" section.
  • Section 3 - "Yes" will lead to Section 3 where the new question, "Bulb burned out?" will be displayed. It also has a "Yes" or "No" set of answers.
  • Section 4 - "Yes" for question 2 leads to Section 4 where "Replace bulb." is displayed. This section will need to go to the "Submit Form" section.
  • Section 5 - "No" for question 2 leads to Section 5 where "Repair lamp." is displayed. This section will need to go to the "Submit Form" section.
  • Submit section - All of my "Result" sections will need point to a hidden, but necessary "Submit" section. This is where the person filling out the form will give me their final answers.


How to Use this Process Chart to Make the Form


Try it Out!


More Google Add-Ons
Add-ons make good things, great. Each part of Google has add-ons that are specific to it.

Google Chrome Add-Ons
  • EdPuzzle - Customize videos from YouTube and more with your own voiceover and questions, then send to your Google Classroom
  • AdBlock Plus - Block Pop-Up ads in browser
  • Permanent Clipboard - Keep a clipboard of frequently used comments or information in your browser, then right-click and add to comments in students' Google docs

Google Drive Add-Ons
  • DocHub - Edit, Annotate, and Sign PDFs in Google Drive
  • Lucid Chart - Create graphic organizers online
  • PowToon - Creat quick, easy cartoons to show content knowledge and share learning with others
  • GeoGebra - Use coordinate grid and geometry tools online

Google Docs Add-Ons
  • Speech Recognition - Type words without using your fingers in Google Docs
  • Formula Editor - Create math formulas on Google Docs
  • EasyBib Bibliography Creator

Google Sheets Add-Ons
  • formMule - Email the submission of information into a Google Sheet from a Google Form to the person who submitted it.They do not have use/have a Google account to recieve it.
  • Mapping Sheets - Plot your own data onto a Google Map directly from Google Sheets. Searching and filtering tools are included on the map.
  • Remove Duplicates - Find either duplicate or unique entries in a sheet. They must be exactly the same for every cell in the row. This will help find duplicate submissions by students or others for form data in Sheets